. Eliot’s Silas Marner, written by George and similar items

Silas Marner is a novel by George Eliot that tells the story of Silas Marner, a weaver who is betrayed by a friend and becomes a recluse, only to find redemption through the love of a child he adopts. This edition is edited by Edward L. Gulick and contains notes and an introduction. In the nineteenth century, men didn't typically adopt children by themselves. Even today, it's a relative rarity -- when a single person adopts a baby, it's usually a woman. But the exception proves the rule in "Silas Marner," George Eliot's novel about a hermit-like weaver whose life is changed forever when a child wanders into his house. While Eliot explores the pliancy of gender roles and qualities, at heart this is just a heartwarming story about love and family